Who would have thought so many people in the world would love to share their lives through small photos on a social network? Well, at last count, Instagram had over 400 million active users! It’s not a fad any more, folks.

Don’t Be a Square

For the longest time, one of the cornerstones of the Instagram experience was square photos. But last year, that was finally ditched and you can now shoot or upload photos in portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) orientations.

There’s a tiny “format” icon (which looks like the borders of a frame) on the upload screen now. Tap this to zoom into a square orientation or tap to zoom out into the original portrait or landscape orientation of the photo. Pinch the photo to adjust the level of zoom at any point. It’s really simple to use, and lets you play around a lot more with photos.

Find Great Hashtags with Autocomplete

When you write a caption for your photo, you will also want to add a few hashtags. Hashtags are how Instagram groups images, which helps serve it to other people who are trying to discover new people to follow.

Figuring out the right hashtag can be a struggle. A simple trick is to let Instagram suggest it for you. Suppose you took a photo of your new labrador puppy. The moment you start typing “#labr”, wait a second; a dropdown list of suggested hashtags will tell you what other people are using for similar hashtags that start with those four letters, along with a count of how many photos are tagged with those hashtags. And just like that, you might find out that #labradorpup is more popular than #labradorpuppy, so you can tag accordingly.

Then, in the comment for the photo, they add extra hashtags. So fill up that first comment with all the different hashtags you can think of, and employ the above trick of using autocomplete to find relevant hashtags. It’s a way of nicely formatting your photo and its caption, while getting all your hashtags in for discoverability.

Tag People When You Reply

Say this mantra with me: “When I reply to someone, I *have* to tag their name.” If a person comments on your photo, you get a notification, right? Well, if you simply reply and comment below that, the original commenter won’t get a notification that you have responded!

To fix this, you need to tag or mention that person’s handle. There are two ways to do this. First, you can manually type their name. Second, you can tap the comment, long-press it to select, and then tap the “Reply” arrow icon to see their name auto-added into the comment box.

But whatever you do, it’s important to do this step. Remember, Instagram is a social network and you need to talk to people. You can’t have a conversation if the other person doesn’t know you’re talking to them!

Quick-Access Recent Images

You don’t always have to use the Instagram camera app to take photos. In fact, using a better camera app will likely give you better photos. Then, you can simply import that photo in Instagram by uploading it from your gallery.

There’s a neat shortcut to do that now. Tap and hold the Camera button in Instagram and you’ll get a horizontal scroll bar of all the recent images from your camera roll. Scroll, select the image, and it’ll automatically be uploaded, ready to be edited.

Whenever you see an ad that you don’t like, tap the “Sponsored” button in the top-right corner and choose “Hide This”. Instagram will then ask why you want to hide it—if it’s inappropriate, irrelevant, or if it appears too many times. Let Instagram know and over time, it’ll identify which ads you will like.

Tag Others, Be Social

Remember, Instagram is a social network, so it’s important to involve others. When you take a photo with someone else, tag them on it. If you visit a cafe or a bar, tag your location and maybe even tag their official Instagram handle.

So all of the tips and tricks you read above? You need to be able to condense them into one magical post every day. A tough ask, yes, but the reward should be worth it!

What’s Your Best Instagram Tip?

This isn’t an exhaustive list of Instagram tricks, of course, and we’re sure our loyal base of readers probably has their own cool ideas that lead to more likes and followers. So let’s hear it, folks, what’s your best Instagram tip?

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